Expectations were relatively high after watching the trailers but came out unimpressed, despite all the ticks.
Sure, it is a requirement that you suspend reality when watching a movie, especially when it's a syfy-fantasy. You just enjoy the action, the CG and the mayhem and destruction. This has all that in buckets but....
... does it have to jump back and forth and plenty of feeding close-ups? Of course. Tick.
But wait, what about the plot, the storyline. Meh!
What sucks?
Well, there's the lack of continuity, the timing and duration of events, the inconsistent scales of the titans from scene to scene and the amazing tidiness of the mini-stories to name a few. Tick, tick, tick.
Then there's the neatness. Yep, it's all very neat. How? They need this, why here it is, and there's that and the other. Neatness tick.
Anything is posible, of course.
So, of course there are people living in the 'middle-earth' land of titans. Of course there are more apes. Of course you can trek back to your ship past man-eating plans, fly back to the surface, travel to where you just happen to have a giant prosthetic gauntlet for the injured Kong (and the correct hand), fly it back and fit it before Hutton finishes a sentence, and of course Kong will like and be able to use it in an instant. Why not? You suspended reality before taking your seat, remember? Big tick that.
Time flies.
Apart from the first few minutes, the storyline is set to 'ludicrous' speed and develops fast, really fast. Illogical, mind-boggling events and revelations cascade so quickly that the director knows the viewer will need help. Which is why half the dialog is about explaining WTF just happened. Tick and tick.
Destructions galore.
Where to titans like to fight? In populated cities of course, preferably where famous monuments can be flattened. Tick.
Overall 4 stars, for all the ticks.
Sure, it is a requirement that you suspend reality when watching a movie, especially when it's a syfy-fantasy. You just enjoy the action, the CG and the mayhem and destruction. This has all that in buckets but....
... does it have to jump back and forth and plenty of feeding close-ups? Of course. Tick.
But wait, what about the plot, the storyline. Meh!
What sucks?
Well, there's the lack of continuity, the timing and duration of events, the inconsistent scales of the titans from scene to scene and the amazing tidiness of the mini-stories to name a few. Tick, tick, tick.
Then there's the neatness. Yep, it's all very neat. How? They need this, why here it is, and there's that and the other. Neatness tick.
Anything is posible, of course.
So, of course there are people living in the 'middle-earth' land of titans. Of course there are more apes. Of course you can trek back to your ship past man-eating plans, fly back to the surface, travel to where you just happen to have a giant prosthetic gauntlet for the injured Kong (and the correct hand), fly it back and fit it before Hutton finishes a sentence, and of course Kong will like and be able to use it in an instant. Why not? You suspended reality before taking your seat, remember? Big tick that.
Time flies.
Apart from the first few minutes, the storyline is set to 'ludicrous' speed and develops fast, really fast. Illogical, mind-boggling events and revelations cascade so quickly that the director knows the viewer will need help. Which is why half the dialog is about explaining WTF just happened. Tick and tick.
Destructions galore.
Where to titans like to fight? In populated cities of course, preferably where famous monuments can be flattened. Tick.
Overall 4 stars, for all the ticks.
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